Fagorstorm

nietoperz wrote:Well, yes and no. I mean, I used to be a manager in retail and after that a teacher. Going back to being a team member was kind of difficult. But the job market here is such that the fact I have a job is a blessing: the collapse of the US motor industry hit us hard, as this region is very dependent on Volvo and Saab. Last time my boss advertised for a cashier (and bear in mind, our store is tiny and only has two till points and this region has a population of 500,000) she got 830 applicants - more than I used to get when I was hiring people for Tower Records in Central London.

Just wanted to say you don't have to clarify yourself. People are assholes and will take low blows when they have nothing else. Fuck them.

Fagorstorm

nietoperz wrote:Well, yes and no. I mean, I used to be a manager in retail and after that a teacher. Going back to being a team member was kind of difficult. But the job market here is such that the fact I have a job is a blessing: the collapse of the US motor industry hit us hard, as this region is very dependent on Volvo and Saab. Last time my boss advertised for a cashier (and bear in mind, our store is tiny and only has two till points and this region has a population of 500,000) she got 830 applicants - more than I used to get when I was hiring people for Tower Records in Central London.

Just wanted to say you don't have to clarify yourself. People are assholes and will take low blows when they have nothing else. Fuck them.

Humuhumunukunukuapuaa

santiquebabe wrote:Ya, he did go OJ on Zoe. Here are a few details that have been released by a family member: They had only been seeing each other casually for about two weeks. They met in a tattoo shop, where he slipped Zoe his phone number. On May 25th, Memorial Day this year, she told her mother that she was going to see him. She refused him sex and he freaked out. He started getting physical with her, beat on her, head butted her (you can see her teeth marks on his head in his mug shot), choked her until she was no longer breathing, had sex with her, then he decapitated her with one of his collection of samurai sword & other mutilations to her body with the sword. He then left his apartment to buy gas, returned & set her body on fire. Sound bizzarro ??? I would have thought, how do they know all this??? But to all who wonder what could be hearsay or surmised: Chad Gurney CONFESSED to this horrid crime. I understand that someone may have enlightened you all to these facts but since there are over 900 posts on this topic, I wanted to get it in here just in the event that no one has filled you in. I am not to keen on anyone defending him in anyway, he was not so fucked up that he couldn't function in any other thing that he wanted to accomplish in life and was getting a disability check for his supposed "physical disability" but there are photos that have surfaced that show him in a mosh pit dancing & bounding around getting aggressive. Which was the theme of the event.

Humuhumunukunukuapuaa

santiquebabe wrote:Ya, he did go OJ on Zoe. Here are a few details that have been released by a family member: They had only been seeing each other casually for about two weeks. They met in a tattoo shop, where he slipped Zoe his phone number. On May 25th, Memorial Day this year, she told her mother that she was going to see him. She refused him sex and he freaked out. He started getting physical with her, beat on her, head butted her (you can see her teeth marks on his head in his mug shot), choked her until she was no longer breathing, had sex with her, then he decapitated her with one of his collection of samurai sword & other mutilations to her body with the sword. He then left his apartment to buy gas, returned & set her body on fire. Sound bizzarro ??? I would have thought, how do they know all this??? But to all who wonder what could be hearsay or surmised: Chad Gurney CONFESSED to this horrid crime. I understand that someone may have enlightened you all to these facts but since there are over 900 posts on this topic, I wanted to get it in here just in the event that no one has filled you in. I am not to keen on anyone defending him in anyway, he was not so fucked up that he couldn't function in any other thing that he wanted to accomplish in life and was getting a disability check for his supposed "physical disability" but there are photos that have surfaced that show him in a mosh pit dancing & bounding around getting aggressive. Which was the theme of the event.

Rain Partier

I don't live on welfare. When we moved to Sweden a few years back (from Spain, where I had been working as an English teacher), the Swedish government provided an intensive language course. We were on student benefits crossed with my wife's maternity payment - in Sweden you're entitled to a year and a half off per child - while I learned the language (which I had no choice but to do). Once fluent (it took only a year, as my course was full-time) I found the first job I could. I work in a supermarket (the job market is shit here).

Some OldRama trolls grabbed hold of this and ran with it, trying to make me sound like some kind of deadbeat. Some people who should and do know better have repeated this recently. The truth is I work like a dog in a dreadful job, doing all kinds of anti-social hours, in order to support my family. It pisses me off to read this crap again, but then I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

It's pretty shitty that anyone would hold that against you..

My family immigrated to the US from Romania when I was just a kid, and my parents had to take some pretty shitty jobs to support us. I mean.. my dad was a successful architect in Romania, and had to take a job as a janitor at a bank here. And my mom worked jobs in bakeries, working long hours in shitty conditions, as well as working for cleaning companies. At one point, my parents had 3 jobs and were barely ever home just to support me and my sister.

I don't really know how anyone can hold doing whatever is necessary to support your family against you.

I don't live on welfare. When we moved to Sweden a few years back (from Spain, where I had been working as an English teacher), the Swedish government provided an intensive language course. We were on student benefits crossed with my wife's maternity payment - in Sweden you're entitled to a year and a half off per child - while I learned the language (which I had no choice but to do). Once fluent (it took only a year, as my course was full-time) I found the first job I could. I work in a supermarket (the job market is shit here).

Some OldRama trolls grabbed hold of this and ran with it, trying to make me sound like some kind of deadbeat. Some people who should and do know better have repeated this recently. The truth is I work like a dog in a dreadful job, doing all kinds of anti-social hours, in order to support my family. It pisses me off to read this crap again, but then I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

It's pretty shitty that anyone would hold that against you..

My family immigrated to the US from Romania when I was just a kid, and my parents had to take some pretty shitty jobs to support us. I mean.. my dad was a successful architect in Romania, and had to take a job as a janitor at a bank here. And my mom worked jobs in bakeries, working long hours in shitty conditions, as well as working for cleaning companies. At one point, my parents had 3 jobs and were barely ever home just to support me and my sister.

I don't really know how anyone can hold doing whatever is necessary to support your family against you.

Twenty-Something

Jack Burton wrote:Just wanted to say you don't have to clarify yourself. People are assholes and will take low blows when they have nothing else. Fuck them.

Besides, the man's a fucking astronaut. Show some respect!

"Dude, I bow down to you, you are the worlds greatest ballbuster." -Jude Terror"Sorry, nate! I think you automatically lose all arguments from now on, simply due to the fact that the only person willing to back you up is batshit insane!" - Dragavon"Everything I know I learned from reading your posts." - Nietoperz

Rain Partier

santiquebabe wrote:Ya, he did go OJ on Zoe. Here are a few details that have been released by a family member: They had only been seeing each other casually for about two weeks. They met in a tattoo shop, where he slipped Zoe his phone number. On May 25th, Memorial Day this year, she told her mother that she was going to see him. She refused him sex and he freaked out. He started getting physical with her, beat on her, head butted her (you can see her teeth marks on his head in his mug shot), choked her until she was no longer breathing, had sex with her, then he decapitated her with one of his collection of samurai sword & other mutilations to her body with the sword. He then left his apartment to buy gas, returned & set her body on fire. Sound bizzarro ??? I would have thought, how do they know all this??? But to all who wonder what could be hearsay or surmised: Chad Gurney CONFESSED to this horrid crime. I understand that someone may have enlightened you all to these facts but since there are over 900 posts on this topic, I wanted to get it in here just in the event that no one has filled you in. I am not to keen on anyone defending him in anyway, he was not so fucked up that he couldn't function in any other thing that he wanted to accomplish in life and was getting a disability check for his supposed "physical disability" but there are photos that have surfaced that show him in a mosh pit dancing & bounding around getting aggressive. Which was the theme of the event.

Got it. Quick question, are you a babe who like antiques, or, you know, an antique babe?

Rain Partier

santiquebabe wrote:Ya, he did go OJ on Zoe. Here are a few details that have been released by a family member: They had only been seeing each other casually for about two weeks. They met in a tattoo shop, where he slipped Zoe his phone number. On May 25th, Memorial Day this year, she told her mother that she was going to see him. She refused him sex and he freaked out. He started getting physical with her, beat on her, head butted her (you can see her teeth marks on his head in his mug shot), choked her until she was no longer breathing, had sex with her, then he decapitated her with one of his collection of samurai sword & other mutilations to her body with the sword. He then left his apartment to buy gas, returned & set her body on fire. Sound bizzarro ??? I would have thought, how do they know all this??? But to all who wonder what could be hearsay or surmised: Chad Gurney CONFESSED to this horrid crime. I understand that someone may have enlightened you all to these facts but since there are over 900 posts on this topic, I wanted to get it in here just in the event that no one has filled you in. I am not to keen on anyone defending him in anyway, he was not so fucked up that he couldn't function in any other thing that he wanted to accomplish in life and was getting a disability check for his supposed "physical disability" but there are photos that have surfaced that show him in a mosh pit dancing & bounding around getting aggressive. Which was the theme of the event.

Got it. Quick question, are you a babe who like antiques, or, you know, an antique babe?